Winner of the Bancroft PrizeWinner of the David J. Langum PrizeWinner of the Lillian Smith Book AwardWinner of the Order of the Coif Book AwardWinner of the OAH Liberty Legacy Foundation AwardA New York Times Critics’ Top Book of the Year“This extraordinary book is a powerful addition to the history of travel segregation…Mia Bay shows that Black mobility has always been a struggle.”—Ibram X. Kendi, author of Ho...

"Finally, we have a biography worthy of one of the bravest and most influential activists in U.S. history." ―Michael Kazin, author of What It Took to WinBorn to slaves in 1862, Ida B. Wells became a fearless anti-lynching crusader, women's rights advocate, and journalist. Wells's refusal to accept any compromise on racial inequality caused her to be labeled a "dangerous radical" in her day but made her a model for later civil rights activ...

How did African-American slaves view their white masters? As demons, deities or another race entirely? When nineteenth-century white Americans proclaimed their innate superiority, did blacks agree? If not, why not? How did blacks assess the status of the white race? Mia Bay traces African-American perceptions of whites between 1830 and 1925 to depict America's shifting attitudes about race in a period that saw slavery, emancipation, Reconstruction, and urban migration. Much has been writte...

How did African-American slaves view their white masters? As demons, deities or another race entirely? When nineteenth-century white Americans proclaimed their innate superiority, did blacks agree? If not, why not? How did blacks assess the status of the white race? Mia Bay traces African-American perceptions of whites between 1830 and 1925 to depict America's shifting attitudes about race in a period that saw slavery, emancipation, Reconstruction, and urban migration. Much has been writte...

Why have white supremacists and Black activists been so focused on Black mobility? From Plessy v. Ferguson to #DrivingWhileBlack, African Americans have fought for over a century to move freely around the United States. Curious as to why so many cases contesting the doctrine of "separate but equal" involved trains and buses, Mia Bay went back to the sources with some basic questions: How did travel segregation begin?From stagecoaches and trains to buses, cars, and planes, ...

The broadest and most comprehensive collection of writings available by an early civil and women’s rights pioneerSeventy-one years before Rosa Parks’s courageous act of resistance, police dragged a young black journalist named Ida B. Wells off a train for refusing to give up her seat. The experience shaped Wells’s career, and—when hate crimes touched her life personally—she mounted what was to become her life’s work: an anti-lynching crusade that captured internati...

Race has long shaped shopping experiences for many Americans. Retail exchanges and establishments have made headlines as flashpoints for conflict not only between blacks and whites, but also between whites, Mexicans, Asian Americans, and a wide variety of other ethnic groups, who have at times found themselves unwelcome at white-owned businesses.Race and Retail documents the extent to which retail establishments, both past and present, have often catered to specific ethnic...

Although the origins, application, and socio-historical implications of the Jim Crow system have been studied and debated for at least the last three-quarters of a century, nuanced understanding of this complex cultural construct is still evolving, according to Stephanie Cole and Natalie J. Ring, coeditors of The Folly of Jim Crow: Rethinking the Segregated South. Indeed, they suggest, scholars may profit from a careful examination of previous assumptions and conclusions ...

Immerse yourself in the world of romance with book-inspired recipes! Bestselling authors of your favorite novels teamed up with private chefs to develop original dishes. Now you can cook your way to a happily ever after...Enjoy New Orleans Gumbo from Kennedy Ryan's RITA-Award Winner Long Shot. Then bite into Texas BBQ Tacos from USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde's The Wright Brother. Follow it up with Diablo Cookies from Dangerous Temptation by Wall Street Journal bestselling...

Wicked Bay. Stati Uniti d’America.Eloise “Lois” Stone sapeva che il trasferimento a Wicked Bay avrebbe reso le cose difficili. Lasciare la piccola contea inglese in cui era cresciuta, i ricordi e buona parte della sua vita non era certo facile, soprattutto considerando le prove a cui era stata sottoposta nell’anno appena trascorso.Non aveva tuttavia preso in considerazione la possibilità di ritrovarsi faccia a faccia con il ragazzo che, una notte dell’estate precede...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Thirteen-year-old Mia Kingtide can do what no one else can: breathe beneath the waves, understand sea life, and feel the ocean's pulse as if it were her own.Off the coast of Pacific Grove, a strange machine crawls across the seafloor, harvesting rock samples. No research vessels. No permits. Just whispers of "clean innovation" and limitless profit. When old names reappear and familiar ships return, Mia realizes this is more than...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Saddle Up for your Pot of Gold!Yeehaw pardners! Ever dreamed of writing steamy Western bodice-rippers but didn't know where to start?My latest writer's guide teaches greenhorn and experienced writers everything needed to wrangle romance bestsellers and ride the ranges to publishing fortune.You'll master how to:Create smoldering chemistry between the gruff ranch foreman an...